“Actress Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world's biggest and most enduring sex symbols. Her films grossed more than $200 million.”(Authors name, “Marilyn Monroe - Quotes, Movies & Death”, Biography,) She was an extremely successful actress, model, and singer. Even though Marilyn Monroe was fortunate as an adult, this was not the case when she was a kid. She was born in LA and grew up poor with no father and a mother - Gladys Baker - who was an addict, this caused her to be placed in foster care and to be raised by her mother's best friend for some time. “Baker didn’t have the money to take care of Monroe, so she shuttled the child between orphanages and foster homes.” Monroe wanted to avoid being placed in a foster …show more content…
But, she wanted to make a name for herself, so she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. She was born with the name Norma Jeane Mortenson. Monroe was also a natural redhead and around that time she decided to bleach her hair to the famous platinum blonde she’s known for. After modeling for some time she started her acting career in 1947 at age 21, the first movie she acted in was the 1947 film “Dangerous Years”. Monroe still struggled in the film industry, especially as a woman, but she prevailed and pushed herself. She wanted to improve herself so she started reading books on psychology, philosophy, poetry, art, drama, etc. She also studied at a prestigious Actors Studio in New York, with Lee Strasberg because she wanted to become a drama student. She focused on improving herself as a person and actress, and it paid off. She was rehired by 20th century Fox and became, “the studio’s most marketable star”, she became extremely famous and acted in many movies once she was hired by them. After acting in Niagara, where she played a tragic femme fatale, she took her role as the dumb blond in various